health

Reading Time: < 1 minute The time it takes to qualify as a doctor should be slashed to plug staffing gaps, the chairman of NHS England has said.  Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minute GP surgeries nationwide could shut completely for 24 hours under strike plans that are being considered. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute Strokes are rarely preceded by obvious warning signs, making the chances of survival relatively slim.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute A five-year-old schoolgirl from west London has died after contracting Strep A. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s a twice-a-day habit that many won’t give much thought. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute Almost one in three private clinics providing pregnancy scans are failing to meet the medical watchdog’s care standards  and some are not…

Reading Time: < 1 minute A London woman unable to wee for more than a year, no matter how much she drank or felt she needed to…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Taking a progestogen-only ‘mini pill’ carries a small risk of breast cancer – similar to combined oral contraceptive pills, say researchers. Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minute A plan to bring forward the increase in UK pension age has been delayed as ministers reportedly fear a backlash from middle-aged…

Reading Time: < 1 minute A huge earthquake of 6.8 hit Afghanistan on Tuesday, with tremors felt as far as Pakistan and India. Read More